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These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

The renowned author spent 22 summers of his early life along the shore of Walloon Lake.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

A restored 114-year-old railroad station heralded as the most photographed depot in the United States.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

The pieces in this sculpture garden are made from demolished buildings that were once landmarks of Motor City.